Mardi Gras Memories with Donna Duplantier Donna Duplantier is a proud New Orleans native. The gifted actress has appeared in countless television episodes, plays, and commercials ...
Baby Dee Dee's Virtual 1980's Valentine Sip & See It's a Girl! I was overjoyed when my close friend Brianna "Bri" Madison called to tell me she was expecting a baby girl. We met in 2016 w...
Grandma Val's New Year's Creole Gumbo: The Story Every New Year’s Day friends and family gather around for my mother-in-law Val’s famous gumbo. At 96 years old, Val is a beautiful, graci...
Home for the Holidays My five-year-old son MJ wants to take over my husband Michael’s contracting business and “build houses like Daddy” when he grows up. In h...
Santa Claus is Coming to Zoom! Santa Claus is coming to Zoom! Christmastime is here. As always, I'm determined to make the season magical and memorable. This is no easy...
Holiday Recipes: Thanksgiving & Christmas Menu It’s November 2020, and the holiday season is in full swing! Every aspect of life has been different in the midst of a pandemic, and the ...
Roasted Turkey with Cornbread Stuffing, Gravy and Orange Cranberry Sauce The turkey is the signature dish of Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinner. This was my very first time making a turkey. I approached it with ...
Rites of Passage: Shichi-Go-San 2020 As the wife and mom of a multicultural family, I enjoy finding creative ways to teach my five-year-old son about his African-American and...
Quarantine Halloween It's Halloween Season! It's a time for pumpkins, ghouls, goblins, and scary good fun. This year is a little different, as many children a...
A Virtual Birthday Party on The Moon "Zoom Zoom Zoom, We're Going to the Moon." This is the title of my son's favorite nursery rhyme. As his fifth birthday approached, I deci...